About Gujarati Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Gujarati was previously known in English as Guzerati. It is an Indo-Aryan language and is spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is spoken by the Gujarati people. Gujarati belongs to the Indo-European language family. Gujarati is the official language of the state of Gujarat. It is the official language in the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Gujarati is the 6th most spoken language in India. It is spoken by 55.5 million speakers that amount to 4.5% of the Indian population. It is the 26th most widely spoken language as of 2007. The Gujarati language is 700 years old and is spoken widely by more than 55 million people worldwide. It is also spoken by other parts of South Asia by Gujarati migrants. The language is also spoken in Bombay and Pakistan. In North America, Gujarati is one of the fastest-growing Indian languages. It is also an important Indian language in the United States and Canada. Gujaratis are the second largest of the British South Asian speech communities. It is also spoken in Southeast Africa, particularly in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa.
About Tajik Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Tajik is a form of Persian that is spoken in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Kazakhstan. The total number of Tajik speakers is 8 million that including 6.3 million in Tajikistan itself. You will be surprised to know that the Persian language in Tajikistan was renamed Tajik by Stalin in 1932. This was done to differentiate Persian speakers in Iran and Central Asia. Before 1928 Tajik was written in Perso-Arabic script. However, from 1928 to 1940 it was modified with the Cyrillic alphabet. There were a lot of people who wanted to switch it to the Latin alphabet. The Tajik dialects are separated into northern, central, southern, and Southeastern dialects. Most of the politicians and other officials usually make their speeches in the Kulob dialect. There is a total of six vowels in this language.